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I haven't done much research yet, I've to read a few psychological books and a lot of papers about physics education, but that is entirely common for a PHD... Oh, wait a minute.

I cannot do enough research to get it really correct and even then it would be almost for nothing, just for the existence of earth-shattering magic, so I restrain myself to common fantasy tropes about kings and queens. I constantly learn something new about the middle ages or roman and greek times just by talking to my father and brother, both studied (or are studying) historical sciences and most of it is so complex it would be almost impossible for me to implement it in my campaigns.

Thats not saying I abhor it, for me it is just not sensible.

I've had several PF DMs -- *not PFS* -- tell me belt is the only slot for physical boosts and if I want to put dex +2 elsewhere, for example, I need to pay more.

So I do in fact think it needs to be said. Because those DMs were convinced that was the RAW, and weren't just doing it to screw me over, so a designer point blank saying you can get them at normal price in any slot would be very helpful.

EDIT: And now that I think about it... I don't recall a single PF DM I've yet had that thought what you say is "RAW." All the ones that allowed physical stats in other slots did so as a "houserule," they thought they were altering the rules by doing so.

I know it is RAW to allow that. But I don't like custom magic items very much (and don't build them personally anymore), so I'll stick to the official ones. It is the same prerogative I take with disallowing Tengu or Catfolk in my Kingmaker campaign.

Why don't I like them? In my opinion the stat boosters out of the CRB are balanced and they could get unbalanced if I am not careful with custom items.

PCGen. It is easy to use, has in the last release also the Ultimate Books and it is not as expensive as HeroLab.

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We did a certain room in the RotRL-Path last time and got *really* nailed. Incorporeal Undead and I was without magic weapon (gunslinger). Having low strength I was downed in one round (+surprise round), no chance. Ingame I didn't even know they are immune to my attacks. My mates didn't want to run for fear of leaving me down there... So the sorcerer got killed also.

Sometimes you get surprised and cannot run, even if you want to.

I don't think it's quite what you're looking for, but I just discovered this and I think it's unbelievable!

http://donjon.bin.sh/

Sounds like you're looking for more of a dungeon manager though...

Thank you VERY much!

@Count_Rugen

And to you also a great "Thank you"!

If you can get ist, look for the "Gerin the Fox" series: http://www.goodreads.com/series/52937-gerin-the-fox

I've been wanting to do a book like this for a bit—but it wouldn't stop at giving advice to players. The focus of the book would be on providing advice to GMs on how to run high level games AND on how to create high level adventures, with a lot of handy charts and stuff to make the high level game running easier.

Let us know you want a book like this and its chances of being created improve!

Please, please, please!

I'm doing a high-level-campaign just now and it really is hard work! Especially now, when my spell-casting NPCs can easily obliterate the party.

ub3r_n3rd wrote:

Creighton Broadhurst wrote:

I've tried to get it to work on my ipad 2, but it won't load because I haven't upgraded to iOS6 (I love Google maps too much to let it go). Any chance of a compatible version?

Umm Google maps has had an app out now for a while, you just need to upgrade your IOS and then download the new app. The same thing for YouTube.

Theres a Google map for the iPhone, but it scales up really badly on the iPad. If I'm missing an iPad specific one though please send me a link!

I use EggMaps. Specifically for iOS and uses Google Data.

Interesting...

Zen Archer doesn't get Reflexive Shot until full BAB classes can get Imp. Snap Shot. This isn't to make Zen Archer the best choice... it's to make it not the BLATANTLY WORST choice.

For, again, an ability that was originally a unique class feature!

How would you feel if a feat or pair of feats came out that granted a Weapon Training progression based on the user's *caster level* and a progression which tracked more quickly than the fighter's own weapon training? How fair would you find that to be?

That would be not cool. But I don't a feat which does the same for Zen Archers... Or do you really think, that weapon training is the same as Reflexive Shot?

More fitting would be maybe Zen Archery or Ki Arrows. That would be equal to the importance of weapon training...

You could shift for the role of leader, or choose to install a council-like government where someone (PC or NPC) cover the role of the leader, a representative figure, but without the powers of the leader.

He will add his stat bonus, roll as a leader, yet any decision will be made by the council.

That is what my players did after the previous ruler, a PC paladin, died and his successor was the NPC paladin, previously general.

I will check out "Blood of the Night", thanks! And I certainly will speak with the player. He wasn't that interested in playing another class, so instead of a new high level wizard (remember, he was lvl. 16) I would rather let him play the vampire wizard and giving him the chance for redemption.

The problem for the OP in his case is that he's using 3x vampire which is LA+8. If he opted to use Pathfinder instead it's only a CR+2 difference - using this the fallen PC doesn't have to go NPC to maintain party balance. CR+2 is much easier for the whole party. Choosing 3x vampires makes that impossible. Just use PF version, better balanced and more playable than the alternative.

I use only the 3.5-"Vampire Lord"-Template for her. Even her basic vampire template is PF, his will also be the PF version.

Well for one, one of the party is a Paladin of a deity that hates undead. So, now that Player no longer gets to play his PC. So his choice is being taken away from him.

Thats not correct, but my post could be understand as such. We're playing an adapted kingmaker campaign and the wizard was the member of the ruling council. After the first ruler (PC paladin) died, his successor was another paladin of Lathander, this time a NPC. So my question was more regarding to NPC reactions.

I read all of your posts and I'm still not sure. Maybe she really will raise him and keep him as a living lover...

Hi folks,

first:
My players: Stay out please. :)

now:

My players got "lucky" the last time and they once again encountered a recurring nemesis, a vampire lord (3.5 template) called Irina. This time, the little Sorceress was hellbent on killing them and snatching her love interest, the party wizard. With higher priority on the snatching.

After a really long and epic fight (everybody is around lvl 15-16 and there are five players) Irina decided to flee with the body of her beloved wizard. At this time she only had around 20-25% of her HP left.

But the wizard is not only dead... No, he was drained. I rolled, that in three days he will rise as a vampire. I'm not entirely sure his teammates can rescue him in that timespan, biggest problem: He was the only one with teleport. At least they are in Palischuk, a modest city.

So, if the wizard rises, what happens rules-wise?
- Does his alignment change? (From Neutral Good to...)
- Does he get bloodlust or something like that?
- How would (Lathander-)paladins react to an undead vampire, if his alignment is still good?

The last question is no rules question, I know. But the first two are. Can anyone help me out?

Take 20 is certainly OK in this case. But remember, you have to have Strength 16 for the weakest rope! So, for your typical fighter, OK. For your typical rogue or wizard not so much...

With the racial heritage feat you could be a stonelord paladin as a human.

Stonelord seems interesting but that wouldn't really fit to the campaign. We are all from the same little town... But thanks for the advice!

mplindustries wrote:

Jeremias wrote:

For roleplay reasons my character became a paladin of torm. With his low, low charisma score of 10.

The easiest answer would be to join the church of Torm as one of their holy warriors--their "paladins"--but don't take any levels of Paladin. Just keep being a fighter. There's no reason you can't be an official member of the militant church without taking actual levels of Paladin.

This is the best answer. There's nothing stopping you roleplaying as a paladin even though you aren't one.

You could even call yourself a Templar or Knight instead.

As I wrote above, I have one paladin level already. I'm really unsure if I should take the next level as a paladin or a fighter. Fighter doesn't get me anything (at the moment, because we are still playing 3.5), but paladin will also give me nothing (because in 3.5 you have to have Cha 12 for Lay on Hands). Hmmm... Ok, time to talk to the GM.

Jeremias wrote:

Now my question: Is there any way to migitate this? Any way at all?

If your character is human, simply put the +2 stat increase humans in Pathfinder get (but humans in 3.5 did not) into Charisma.

Oh yeah! I absolutely forgot that. Thanks!

Take a paladin archetype that swaps out divine grace.

You can still be an effective smiter, your charisma won't affect your damage bonus.

Thats also a very good idea. Paladin archetypes, coming up... OK, what would you recommend:

Oath of Savagery - getting MORE reach is nice, I have a reach weapon already...
Empyreal Knight and Sword of Valor are not so fitting for this character... And no way this character would take Oath of Chastity, he is in the beginning of an romantic relationship. ;)

The easiest answer would be to join the church of Torm as one of their holy warriors--their "paladins"--but don't take any levels of Paladin. Just keep being a fighter. There's no reason you can't be an official member of the militant church without taking actual levels of Paladin.

I will certainly keep on raising my fighter level. At the moment my good Johan is very zealous (like every good newly converted ;) ). But especially in PF Fighters get much love.

To all the posters who talked about rearranging stats: Maybe I'll do that. But I want to try everything else before that... And the tips I've got are good. I think I can look in bright paladin future. :) Thanks everyone!

Hello Folks,

I'm playing in one game, which is, at the moment, a 3.5 game. The GM told me he will switch to pathfinder soon.

My problem is the following: I started as a fighter with rolled stats. I'm have an high average and thats nice, even if I don't have an 18 in strength...
For roleplay reasons my character became a paladin of torm. With his low, low charisma score of 10.

I give you a rundown about my current attribute scores:
Str 15
Dex 15
Con 17
Int 14
Wis 13
Cha 10

As you see, charisma is my lowest score... I've got combat expertise and when we will switch I will take the trip feats I have at the moment. The character is currently fighter 2/paladin 1 and I've earned a level, so I have to consider which attribute to raise. I thought about Str or Cha.

Now my question: Is there any way to migitate this? Any way at all?

I kind of disagree with kicking B. Threats like "Sometimes you won't have your gun..." are fine and dandy, but if the other one really feels threatened by this? Bang.
If I would have a gun in my hand and some other dude who can commune with immensely powerful beings would say something like that? Be happy I abhor violence in RL. ;)

The foul was threatening the cleric the first time. That was not OK. It was done without clear reason... I play a overweight and insecure wizard in one game and normally I won't object to a little bullying (poor Redwald). But when I am threatened with an deadly object (like a gun) I let my little wizard get really cranky and spell-slingy... Our ranger learned this the hard way. :)

My advice: Talk to both players, especially B. Tell him that threatening his team mates is not cool because it would not be very wise for his character. Ask him to tone it down...

In the Blood of Angels Player's Companion, the Agathion-Blooded/Idyllkin variant Aasimars might also be of interest to your girlfriend.

I wouldn't allow catfolk in my Kingmaker campaign, so guess what my girlfriend did... Exactly that. Playing an Idyllkin.

Silly me. I didn't know of the event locator...

Anything else besides http://paizo.com/pathfinderSociety/events#Germany-3 ?

Hi everybody,

does anyone knows of PFS plays in germany? I am interested in trying it out but it seems to me there is none. The newest thread, according to the search, was from 2010...

Thanks for your opinions and advice! I am clearly learning about Golarion only a little faster than my players (except for one who even bought the Inner Sea Guide... But he like me plays in two APs, RotR and KM), so I have much to process, especially the many new religions.

I think I'll try redcelt32's way with Jhod. I think that would be the right way for my game. Even putting him at odds with the Surtova cavalier who wants to be king... My druids (who the cavalier dubbed "Waldwichtel", "woods imp") will like that. :)

Hello Folks!

I will start my third session with the Kingmaker AP this friday. My group has dealed with the temple and will (after "dealing" with Tuskgutter) return back to Olegs and interact some more with the Cleric of Erastil there...

Now comes my problem: How is Erastil "good"? I understand the whole "protecting the family" thing, but I find it odd (and from a certain viewpoint not good, but neutral) that Erastil is so men-centered. We have a world, where there is no physical distinction between men and women. A female fighter is no different in her combat stats from a male fighter.

I thought about just striking that little tidbit out and reducing Erastil to the protection of family and the home, as well as an god who don't get cities and don't like them.
How did you do it?

If this is in the wrong subforum, just tell me, I will petition the mods to move it. But I wrote it here to get feedback especially to the NPCs of the Kingmaker AP...

Thanks, Jeremias

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2) Nothing should be able to remove or suppress player agency except Magic (or something Magic-equivalent)

I didn't take this in account. Yeah, that seems to be the reason for all the hate. In my larping games there are many players which take various skills to protect them from domination becuase they don't want to be commanded by another player. Mostly because they feel it would bite them in the a**.

*Free Will*

The word is "must" in the feat description. Just a quick question from a germanguy who almost failed in his english classes (and taking italian and latin as an alternative): "Must" clashes with "free will", does it not? You have literally no free will, if you are forced to do something...

As an person who had the experience of insult-induced rage in schools, I can assure you that the raging person is not very clear on the sorroundings any more. Even loved ones or family can be the (very momentary) target of such a rage. Thats why such things are so tragic if they happen in real life.

@Dakota_Strider
You STILL don't have to use it.
Also, you clearly have no understanding about gun rules for Golarion.
For example, touch attack: My Musket Master can do this at a range of 40 feet. Sometimes 50 feet. Easy charging distance for any baddie.
And then a little tidbit: If I fire fast, I will have a big problem if I roll a 1-3. Last session I rolled three bad rolls and suddenly... Nothing. Our sorcerer did much more damage in the fight.
And something else: I have to pay up to 6 GM PER SHOT! And this is *with* crafting. And thats a big deal for Level 4...

@Reloading-is-too-fast-people
I don't like your realism arguments. At least not as long as you won't also nerf reloading time for bows (accurately firing more than one arrow in 10 seconds is very difficult, let alone one every second...), etc. pp.
Really, if I were interested in any way in realism, I wouldn't play a game were I pretend to be a wizard or paladin.

@Thread starter
I wouldn't do it with double-barreled weapons (because I don't like being the one who breaks the fun for the other people), but it seems to be RAW. So, a proposal: Just say, that the second barrel gives you only one attack, regardless of any two-weapon-feats.

Two quick questions:
Why do I have to choose the most effective attack? The afore mentioned mother could just use a stone and throw it. Or the noble at court could slap you in your face (a melee attack!). The Healer Cleric could shout "Stay away from my friend, you monster", guard him with his life and throw his spear/stone/whatever.
And why does the Antagonizer not get thrown in jail? In Prussia you were also punished for *verbally* starting a fight...

You lose one round of actions, you have a much higher defense than your will save (even considering cloaks of resistance), your enemy loses his standard action and cannot attack you in this round... At least in my gaming group I wouldn't use it against my PCs, because it surely wouldn't be very effective.

I will need that. But the two girls in our group are not so good with english. So, I translated it in german... If anyone is interested, here it is:

Prophezeiung von Armag, dem Zweigeborenen

Ein Sohn der Mammuts, Tigersclan
kam in gestohlene Länder!
Mit mächt'gem Schwert und roter Wut
im Krieg sie zu erstürmen!

Gewalt'ger Stolz und heisses Blut
versuchte ihn mit Gorums Stütz
und verkünden tat er, voller Stolz
dass Armag niemals sterben würd.

In Gozrehs und Phantasmas Augen,
war dies nur blosse Prahlerei,
Sie riefen laut: "Wie kann ers wagen,
"dass er sich brüstet, nie zu sterben!"

Die Blasse fasste ihren Plan,
ihn zu rauben für den Knochenhof.
Als es nach ihr und Gozreh ging,
das war des Armags Todestag.

Von Götter Wut gesandt ein roter Drache
riss mit den Klauen Armags Herz,
doch Gorum hatte doch gewonnen,
die Seele Armags blieb auf dieser Welt.

Ovinrbann, so hieß das Schwert,
geschmiedet von dem Eisenherrn,
um einzusperren des Kriegers Seel,
bis Dunkelheit umgibt die Stern.

Doch kommt er wieder, erneut geboren,
wird nehmen Mann und brennen Korn!
"Zweigeborener Armag", wird er rufen,
"ich zeig den Göttern ewig Leben!"

Gyronnas Erwählte, ohne Namen!
Schwarze Schwestern mit Hasses Flamme!
Zerbrechen die Erde und verwunden den Himmel:
Zweigeborener Armag, du sollst nie sterben!

Oh crud. I've really overlooked that one... Thanks!!

Hello Folks,

in the entry for breath weapon, the following is stated:
"Breath weapons allow a Reflex save for half damage (DC 10 + 1/2 breathing creature's racial HD + breathing creature's Con modifier; the exact DC is given in the creature's descriptive text)."

Now I want to give a specific creature in my setting the lich template. As every other undead template, this means that the Con modifier is set to 0. Now how do I deal with breath weapons? As written, this means my dracolich is much weaker in his breath weapon than the living dragon...

Or, in your experience, does the lich template more than account for that little weakness?

OK, why rules questions? Because I wanted to ask about the first part and if there are any rules I have overlooked. The rest of the post could easily go in the advice section.

Thanks everyone!

Without giving away specifics, I can say that I certainly tried to make all of the edicts (taxation included) much more relevant and impactful in the upcoming Ultimate Campaign revised and expanded kingdom rules.

Wow. Now I'm really excited about it.

And maybe I'll have to do my whol translation again...

As a Kingmaker GM I would certainly find it acceptable if my players gained control over the centaurs via a personal duel or something like that. Fortunately I have a little time left , they just defeated Kressle. ;)

As a player I would do it the same way (if my character is the leader of the nation...). And if my GM slammed with an alignment change... If I play a character who is depended on alignment I would retire and roll a new one. If not I would just shrug and say "OK, if you think so...". But then again I like to play a fleshed out person and alignment can bend to my personality, not the other way around.

What you might be missing:

Only the character with the scarab can ignore that DR, and he or she has to use up the neck slot to do so (meaning characters wearing it can't use amulet of natural armor or mighty fists, or necklace of adaptation, or a periapt of health or proof against poison, etc).

even if a couple of your characters can by-pass the DR 15/epic an adamantine golem is still a heck of an opponent, and two of them plus a high level caster should be more than enough to challenge a group of five 15th and 16th level characters (in fact DR or not a group of all 15th-16th level characters would probably be over matched by 2 adamantine golems and a wizard capable of creating them [20th level]... we are talking a between CR 22 and CR 23 encounter here XP wise).

The golems are there to discourage them from just going ahead and killing the guy. But maybe I got that covered by mentioning to the party's wizard that he saw "Clone" in his spellbook...

And yes, the point about their "Periapt of Proof against poison" was not missed. Just that they want it to do in a smart way and craft it for another slot (or even slotless)... Maybe I would just disallow that, I'm not sure.

Hi Folks,

my players found the abovementioned Scarab of Golembane, see here: http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/magicItems/wondrousItems.html#scarab-gol embane

I looked it over and thought: Wow, for a measly 2500 GM, they can ignore *every* Damage Reduction? Even the epic DR from the adamantine golems? And this is really the only golem I am concerned with. They have powerful weapons (3 Lvl 15 and 2 Lvl 16), so they can pretty much ignore the DR of every golem except the two adamantine golem bodyguards of a pretty dangerous wizard.

Could you help me out? Is that really the right price or do I miss something?

I would say, in the generic fantasy-mediaeval mindset the paladin did everything right and I would be seriously pissed at a GM who let me fall for that action. I wouldn't try an atonement, I would just make a new character.

Why? Because, as said in another thread, egalitarian and modern ways of thinking don't mix with paladins... And the GM who would let me fall would have demonstrated he is in this mindset.

And if any of your PCs did play Bioshock... That would be also a immersion breaker (or am I wrong?).

Just a quick question: 5 players, not very optimised, with 25pt buy seems to be alright for the 6-player conversion?

I would like a upload, we will start in a month with kingmaker and I hoped to show them something...

Philip Knowsley wrote:

There's more...? OMG - I gotta find it. If I do - I'll post!

I feel slightly humbled that people still wanted to read these. I'll post the consolidated copy that includes Kressle, the Fort, and the Stag Lord's encounter with a certain vengeful river Wraith. It was a submission to a Pathfinder fiction contest with segments to bridge the different vignettes. I was pretty bummed it came in like 90th after all the honorable mentions, but I love the characters and if it helps others running the Kingmaker AP, I'm pleased to repost it.

EDIT: You can find it here: "What You Hold"

Nicely done! I normally don't read FanFics, but this one I really liked. Is there something more for the rest of the series?

Ok, my course of action will be the following:
In exchange for giving up Nature's Bond, he'll get Rage (and later, the Greater Rage, etc.). Rage Powers he'll get when I have seen this in action, to determine if it is gamebreaking. Even then, he won't get them as fast as an barbarian and he will only get them in the course of a personal relevation (aka: side-quest!).

@oceanshieldwolf

Hmm... I've never had a strong knowledge about the bard, so I will have to review the rage powers again.
It could like a ghostly visage of an appropriate animal which would be visible on his face. Like a totem mask or something like that...

Hello everyone!

One of my players wants to play a melee-oriented druid in an upcoming Kingmaker AP. He is not a big fan of animals on his side and I didn't find an archetype without it.
He suggested something like rage as an alternative. What do you think? Did somebody already did something like this?

sCoreForge runs on Microsoft for Mac, tried it. But it is reeeallly slow. I used PCGen, but lately I had a little trouble with reopening old characters. And they don't have stuff like Gunslingers yet.

Heh - you should see some of the exhaustive posts I've made which have garnered nary a response, like the 20+ themed monster summoning lists for specialty summoners and conjurers... but those same old arguments get hundreds of posts all saying the same thing over and over. Its a shame I tell ya.

Where, where? Im interested! Pleaaase, give me a link! :)

Particular examples include Strike Back (which anyone could do sans feat had it not existed) and interplanetary teleport (which greater teleport could do prior to its release).

Not in my game, dear Sir! My players couldn't do it before.

Before "Strike Back" came out, the GMs I play with (and neither myself) wouldn't have allowed something like that. Now there is the possibility to do ist, with just one feat. Neat!

I have to agree, from the wording and so, Prone Shooter, Elephant Stomp and Monkey Lunge seems to be bad.

So, what Houserules would you propose?
Lunge: Normal Attack can be done.
Elephant Stomp: Prone+Attack
Prone Shooter: +2 to Hit?

Wayfarers are free community-created fanzines for Pathfinder. You can find all of their products right here

Thank you so much! ...now I'll go read them.

Oh, I have Wayfarers 4 and 5,

I HAVE to ask: Where do you get that? Google doesn't help me exactly and I don't even know what you are talking about. Could you please give me a link?